title: Association of abdominal obesity with atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Korea.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between obesity, insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Total 530 patients with T2DM were included. To evaluate the severity of atherosclerosis, we measured the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score, intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery, and the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI). Subjects were classified according to body mass index (BMI), a marker of general obesity, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), a marker of regional obesity. The insulin sensitivity index (ISI) was measured by the short insulin tolerance test. All subjects were classified into four groups, according to BMI: the under-weight group, the normal-weight (NW) group, the over-weight (OW) group, and the obese (OB) group. WHR and systolic blood pressure, triglycerides (TG), HDL-cholesterol (HDLC), free fatty acids (FFA), fibrinogen, and fasting c-peptide levels were significantly different between BMI groups. TG, HDL-C, FFA, fibrinogen and ISI were significantly different between patients with and without abdominal obesity. In the OW group as well as in the NW group, carotid IMT, ABPI and CAC score were significantly different between patients with and without abdominal obesity. This study indicates that abdominal obesity was associated with atherosclerosis in T2DM patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Minho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jong Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jisun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Chul Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Hai Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul Woo
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Bong Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Sung Kil
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Kyung Rae
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kap Bum
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Huh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides